2017/11/09

Open captions is not the same as closed captions.Hearing people, that hate captions, can turn itoff (and make deaf people angry). Open captionscannot be turned off. Anyway, the very firstopen captioned TV program was Julia Child’sThe French Chef – way back in 1973. Thisstory was brought up today in web news.Because hearing people hated open captions,it forced a slow and long switch toclosed captions. A picture is at:

A fake-interpreter arrived at a deaf person’shouse (first scam). The deaf person was toldhe had an appointment at a hospital (secondscam). Deaf person was puzzled because he nevermade an appointment. After arriving at thehospital, the fake interpreter disappeared!Police is looking into this matter. Nothinghappened to the deaf person, except for hishumilitation. It took place in a bigBritish city.

— a frustrated deaf job placement specialist

A deaf job placement specialist is frustrated.He went to a business owner, asking him ifhe would be willing to hire a deaf person.The business owner said:

I hired a deaf person in the past and hewasn’t doing a good job, and I fired him.For that reason, no more deaf people inmy business!